I HAVE WANTED TO STAY IN THIS HOTEL FOR YEARS. Built in 1832, the Elora Mill has been a hotel since the ’70s, but closed nearly a decade ago, and has been a construction site every time I’ve visited Elora. …
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Beach Life: Sun, Sand, Resorts and Spas on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera
I AM NOT A BEACH PERSON. Basking in the sun while waves lap the shore nearby might be heaven for many people, but I’m not one of them. Which made a recent trip to the Mayan Riviera on Mexico’s Yucatan …
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A Pleasant Case of the Blues by Mexico’s Lake Bacalar
THEY SAY THERE ARE SEVEN SHADES OF BLUE in the water of the Laguna Bacalar – that’s why its Spanish name is Laguna de los Siete Colores. My guess is that there are probably more than seven colours, ranging from …
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Lord of the Manor: Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, 2008
DISNEY BROUGHT ME BACK TO BRITAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME. Sometime in the mid-’00s I got on the movie junket circuit, and the most generous sponsor of those junkets – almost inevitably a night or two in a really good …
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